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pectoralis major

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002381

The pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped muscle, situated at the upper front of the chest wall. It makes up the bulk of the chest muscles in the male and lies under the breast in the female. Underneath the pectoralis major is the pectoralis minor, a thin, triangular muscle. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectoralis_major_muscle ]

Synonyms: pectoralis major muscle structure, pectoralis major muscle

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Pectoralis_major.png

has related synonym

musculus pectoralis major

id

UBERON:0002381

prefLabel

Pectoralis major